CELEBRITY & INFLUENCER RELATIONS
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“I don’t think I’d ever met that elusive combination of passion and pure intuition before I worked with Dean. He can look at the end creative goal and put together the perfect group of celebrity talent that will make a spot shine. And he knows how the right cast can create tonal perfection. As a Director, this is utopian, and rare. I feel so lucky to have had the opportunity to work with him on the SU2C Takedown film. The talent he was able to bring to the project was beyond my wildest dreams. Dean is simply the best!”
— Melissa Bolton-Klinger - LA based film director - Ridley Scott Films, Creative Director - Viacom
“I see things very clearly; the vision is strong yet simple. Ideas are simple little things that we must protect and nurture. When you surround your ideas with the right people truly amazing things can happen — you can change the world. Dean is one of the people that I proudly attribute to taking a small idea and seamlessly understanding me and igniting it into a global movement that connects and resonates with an unprecedented number of people and cultures.
To disrupt, challenge and change the status quo whilst rocking a moustache is a simple idea. To change the behaviour of boys and men at this level and do it in a way that stays true to the brand and engages, unites, motivates, and inspires millions whilst having a shitload of fun along the way is a challenge. That’s why I work with Dean.”
— Travis Garone - Founder of Movember & Brand Creator
“Stand Up To Cancer would be a granule of what it is without the immense passion, graft, drive, ideas and dedication shown by Dean again and again and again. It is quite something else. Just as it was when we worked together at Comic Relief.”
-Suzi Aplin - Executive Producer
“Dean is a brilliant mix of understanding and kindness but also very persuasive”
— Claudia Winkleman - Broadcaster
“Dean is so good at his job, he is calm, caring and knows what he is doing”
— Davina McCall - TV Presenter
“SwiftDean supported our honorary presidential search brilliantly. Consummately professional, attentive, and importantly sensitive to our cause and needs. They really understood the connection and synergy we craved to support our refreshed brand and strategy. They supported our wish list and honed our thinking, and led our outreach to build new relationships we wouldn’t have otherwise established. Working with ambassadors needs to hold great authenticity and integrity – something Swiftdean understand better than others. Can’t recommend highly enough. ”
— Clive Sanders - Director of Income & Marketing at Ramblers
“SwiftDean were a pleasure to work with. From idea generation to production and delivery they added value at each stage, and always had the best interests of the project at heart, and cared about it as much as we did. We look forward to working with SwiftDean again during our next campaign. ”
— Mhairi Sharp - CEO The National Emergencies Trust
“It was an absolute pleasure working with Dean. It was our first experience working with a talent recruiter and we likely will never look back. He guided us smoothly through the process and we are delighted in the high-profile support achieved for our recommendations on inclusive education that emerged as a result.”
— Kate Redman - UNESCO
“Dean is a total star and I worship the ground he walks on.
Everytime I work with him, I learn something new”
— Kirstie Allsopp - TV personality
The team at Malaria No More UK enjoyed working with Dean who recruited valuable talent for Malaria Must Die, the global malaria campaign. I appreciated Dean’s approach - he has excellent judgement and is flexible and tenacious. He got stuck in and delivered impressive results culminating with our first multi talent film - a key piece of awareness-raising content in the run up to our historic Malaria Summit in London.”
— Roz Hobley - Malaria No More UK
“Dean was the first talent manager I ever worked with directly with and I feel enormously lucky that I had him to steer me through the world of entertainment. Dean is a highly networked, business focused and creative talent lead he takes time to understand the objective you are trying to achieve and then matches artists and asks to align with that - nothing is impossible with Dean - he is patient, resilient and prepared to put everything into making the impossible possible. Dean’s understated quiet nature belies the great relationships he has fostered over many years with both artists and their management and is a professional to the end - he is also great fun to work with and many of my happiest professional memories are shared with Dean.”
— Claire Rowney - CEO, Breast Cancer Now (formerly at CRUK)
“Dean worked with me on the 1GOAL project and unlike many people who work with talent, was hard working, happy to share contacts, well respected in his industry and a general delight to have on the team. He came into the team and immediately settled in, I also trusted him with all my contacts - which is rare! He has the natural ability to put celebrities, PR companies and agencies at ease.”
— Lizzie Liebenhals - Director at Halls and Halls. (Formerly Head of Talent at 1GOAL)
“Dean is dedicated, hard working, easy-going and charming. He takes care when working with artists to ensure they are always looked after, happy and aware of exactly is being asked of them. He worked tirelessly to secure me suitable artists for the Sport Relief launch and during the BBC One show. Dean has a very good understanding of PR and how to work in co-operation with the PR team to ensure maximum results at all levels of the campaign. ”
— Rosie Budhani - Senior PR Manager at Design Hotels AG (formerly PR Manager at Comic Relief)
“It is always an absolute pleasure to work with Dean. He is highly regarded by all who work with him thanks to his unflappable nature and ability to get the best out of everyone he works with. I have been fortunate enough to work with Dean on high profile campaigns including Red Nose Day, Sport Relief, Crisis and Stand Up To Cancer, and have seen first-hand how he can turn a simple casting brief into a brilliant celebrity fronted campaign/activity. He has built up brilliant relationships with talent and agents across the entertainment sector and it’s testament to these relationships that he can often call in last minute favours for support if required. You always know it is going to be a successful project if Dean is involved with it and I hope to have the opportunity to work with him again in the future.”
— Holly Parker-Monks - Celebrity Manager at Crisis UK